An Astronomical Amount Of FOOLISHNESS

A few days ago I was approached, via email, by someone I do not know. This, in itself, is not a rare event. I am often electronically approached by a variety of unknown individuals, including many Canadians who are greatly concerned with the health of my sex life.

This particular solicitation, however, had nothing to do with sex. Had it, I would have …well, never mind. I won’t go down that road. What it was, actually, was an invitation to participate in a Birthday Event. Now let me be perfectly clear in stating that I, as a rule, avoid Birthday Events. Sort of in the same way I avoid Facebook ‘Friends’ and Jehovah Witnesses, who, I’m convinced, are the exact same individuals… the sneaky fuckers.

Though I typically ignore socially forced celebrations and their attempts in making the ‘unextraordinary’ extraordinary, the recipient of this particular celebration is someone I choose to not ignore. In fact, he would be very difficult to ignore even if I did choose to.

By now it’s clear I’m referring to El Guapo, of Guapola – The Asylum Within The Asylum. And music! And apparently today is his birthday. Why anyone over the age of 25 would want to be reminded of a birthday is complete FOOLISHNESS, but without question, when it comes to FOOLISHNESS no one does it better then Guapo. Also, in my experience, no one does niceness, cleverness, and sweetness better than Guapo. Besides his abilities as a writer, which he highly under-rates, and his being one of the very first people to make me feel like a part of this twisted, ego stroking, community known as WordPress, I have a great admiration for people completely willing to jump off things, from things, and into things. I also adore anyone with the ability to allow themselves to go totally geek for the things which they love, another category in which Guapo excels. So, without more being said, because really ….how much more needs to be said……

HAPPYBIRTHDAYGUAPO!!!!

Oh, one last thing….I was asked to include a Song of the Day. Here you go Guapo, just for you!! No, not a pony, but better! A unicorn…

Btw, I find tequila has remarkable properties for removing unwanted thoughts from one’s head. But be warned, these removed thoughts most likely will be replaced with entirely new unwanted thoughts.. thus requiring another application of tequila… and the whole process repeats over and over again. All and all, not a bad way to spend a weekend…

You can call me stupid but I still haven’t understood the point of that email…except that it’s Guapo’s birthday and that the song was indeed catchy and I’m humming it.
Alexxxx you’ve given me a new ear-worm!

Actually Talitha….the email, the entire Foolishness Project, and it’s execution was brilliant and thoughtful. I don’t know who conceived of it, though I have some ideas, but very well done on their part! I was flattered, and excited, to be part of it. Just don’t tell anyone I said that, I much rather give the impression that I was terribly put out by the entire matter….;)

STILL laughing my fucking tuchus off at the birthday song. If the Guap doesn’t appreciate this piece of musical genius then he’s, well, on life support. Or in Philadelphia.
Fun piece and wonderful greetings to EG.
Happy Birthday El G!

#YearInSpace

On March 27 Scott Kelly, Mikhail Kornienko and Gennady Padalka joined their Expedition 43 crewmates Terry Virts, Anton Shkaplerov and Samantha Cristoforetti in the Zvezda service module for a crew greeting ceremony. Kelly and Kornienko will spend about a year on the space station to better understand how the human body reacts and adapts to the harsh environment of space. Data from the one-year mission will be used to determine whether there are ways to further reduce the risks on future long-duration missions to an asteroid and eventually Mars. Image Credit: NASA